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ovarian cortex

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0013191

The layer of the ovarian stroma lying immediately beneath the tunica albuginea, composed of connective tissue cells and fibers, among which are scattered primary and secondary (antral) follicles in various stages of development; the cortex varies in thickness according to the age of the individual, becoming thinner with advancing years; included in the follicles are the cumulus oophorus, membrana granulosa (and the granulosa cells inside it), corona radiata, zona pellucida, and primary oocyte; the zona pellucida, theca of follicle, antrum and liquor folliculi are also contained in the follicle; also in the cortex is the corpus luteum derived from the follicles. [ http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/anna ]

Synonyms: cortex ovarii (zona parenchymatosa), cortex of ovary

Term info

database cross reference
  • NCIT:C33243
  • UMLS:C0227878 (ncithesaurus:Ovarian_Cortex)
  • FMA:18613
  • EMAPA:37927 (MA:th)
Subsets

pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas

id

UBERON:0013191

prefLabel

Ovarian cortex

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606

Term relations

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